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Already in 1468 Ippolita had returned to the court of Milan to try to pacify her brother Galeazzo Maria, who became duke after the death of his father, with their mother Bianca Maria and also with his father-in-law Ferrante.
Nov 15, 2023 · Kastrenos did not stand a chance, and after years of struggling for his livelihood—in Milan (1458–ca. 1466), Pisa (1466), Urbino (1466), and Milan again (1473)—he left Italy disillusioned, traveling back to the Ottoman-occupied Greek lands “because of lack of opportunity in Europe.”
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Nov 15, 2023 · An early exception was Ippolita Maria Sforza (1445–88), the eldest daughter of the Duke of Milan, Francesco I Sforza. I argue that she not only studied the Greek language but also acted as a ...
Ippolita’s letters from this period display the adroit diplomacy she used to strengthen the alliance between Milan and Naples amid crises, such as her brother’s assassination in Milan and the Turkish invasion of Otranto.
An early exception was Ippolita Maria Sforza (1445–88), the eldest daughter of the duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza, who I argue not only studied the Greek language but also acted as a patroness of Greek studies. Sforza’s double role is confirmed by two Greek grammars dedicated to her and connected to the Byzantine migrant Constantine Lascaris.
For almost twenty-three years Ippolita Maria Sforza, daughter-in-law of King Ferrante and daughter of Duke Francesco Sforza, acted as the physical embodiment of the friendship between Milan and Naples. Yet from her arrival in 1465 to her death in 1489, the new bride strained this amicitia as often as she strengthened it.
Nov 15, 2023 · When ancient Greek heritage was rehabilitated in the Renaissance, its students were first and foremost aspiring humanists, and, almost as a rule, men. An early exception was Ippolita Maria Sforza (1445–88), the eldest daughter of the Duke of Milan, Francesco I Sforza.
